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Chapter B Remote and Scripted Installations

cIntheNetworkMethodlist,selectDHCPiftheESX Serversystemwillhave

adynamicIPaddress.SelectStaticIPiftheESX Serversystemwillhavea

staticIPaddress.

VMwarerecommendsthateachESX ServersystemhaveitsownstaticIP

address.However,youcanuseDHCPtodeploynewESX Server

systems

fromthesamefloppyimage,andconfigureeachsystemseparatelyandassign

auniquehostnameandIPaddress.Oryoucancreatemultiplefloppyimages

containingthenetworkidentificationinformationyouspecifyhere.

dIfyournetworkrequiresaVLANID,typeoneintheVLANIDfield.

e SelectCreate

adefaultnetworkforVMstocreateadefaultnetworkfor

virtualmachines.

Selectthisoptiontocreateaportgroupfortheserviceconsoleandaport

groupforthevirtualmachines.Ifyoudonotselectthisoption,onlytheservice

consoleportgroupiscreated,andyoumust

createtheportgroupforthe

virtualmachinesmanually.

fIntheTimeZonelist,selectthetimezonefortheserveryouwillinstall.

ThelistdefaultstosettingoftheoriginalESX Servermachine.

gIntheRebootAfterInstallationlist,selectYestohavethesystemrebootafter

theinstallationis

complete.

hUnderRootPassword,specifytherootpassword.Typetherootpasswordin

thePasswordfield.TypethispasswordasecondtimeintheAgainfield.

4ReadthroughtheenduserlicenseagreementandselecttheIhavereadandaccept

thetermsinthelicenseagreementcheckbox.

Ifthe

ESX ServersystemwillhaveastaticIPaddress,theNetworkingOptions

pageappears.

IftheESX ServersystemwilluseDHCP,skiptoStep 7.

5EnterthehostnameintheHostnamefield,theIPaddressintheIPAddressfield,

thenetmaskintheNetmaskfield,thenetworkgatewayintheGateway

field,and

thedomainnameserverintheNameserverfield.

Includethefulldomainnameifyouarerunningwithdomains.

6ClickNexttocontinue.

ThePartitionConfigurationpageappears.